Website owner: James Miller
In one sense I believe that Goodness always wins in this world and Badness always loses. It is a deep conviction. Yet in another sense I believe Badness very often wins in this world and Goodness very often loses. Here is a contradiction. How can I believe both? In what sense does Goodness always win? In what sense does Badness very often win? This is a world ruled by Satan. It is a world filled with lying and deceit, cruelty and injustice, badness. It is very often the deceitful and bad people who rise to the top and rule over the good. Institutions and organizations are filled with sham and injustice and the good are trampled and the evil rise to the top. If the objective in life is success from a worldly point of view then the deceitful, cruel and evil very often win and the honest and good lose. At least this is true if we are talking about who climbs up the ladders of power and success in organizations. But if our objective is personal happiness in life then I believe that it is the honest and good who win. Mar 1988
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